Onibaba(Movie, 1964)

Name: Onibaba
Genre: Horror, Drama
Released: 1964
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "鬼婆" (Japanese/JA)

NC-17

| 1h 45min | Genres: Horror, Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 150 votes)

Onibaba (鬼婆, lit. "Demon hag"), also titled The Hole, is a 1964 Japanese historical drama and horror film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. The film is set during a civil war in medieval Japan. Nobuko Otowa and Jitsuko Yoshimura play two women who kill infighting soldiers to steal their armor and possessions for survival, while Kei Satō plays the man who ultimately comes between them. ()

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About Onibaba

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.

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Trailer for Onibaba + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:22)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Onibaba Trailer (Trailer) | Shooting Onibaba With Kaneto Shindo (Featurette) | Onibaba (1964) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p] (Trailer, JA) | Onibaba - Die Töterinnen - Jetzt auf Blu-ray & DVD! - Filmjuwelen (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Plays in: Japan

Made by: Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 17 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/21/1964

Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama

Director: Kaneto Shindō

Screenwriter: Kaneto Shindō

Composer: Hikaru Hayashi

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"La femme diabolique"

"Onibaba - tappajat"

"Onibaba, les tueuses"

"おにばば"

"The Hole"

"鬼婆"

"Онибаба"

"Devil Woman"

Keywords: 14th century, hold-up robbery, survival, japanese horror, samurai, desertion, demon, sengoku period, murder, jealousy, bamboo hut

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Onibaba(Movie, 1964)

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